Temperatures stabilise in Jyväskylä, drop in Sydney

The first week of April has been slightly cooler than the end of last month. Temperatures have sort of stabilised and are still well above zero, but the average maximum for the month so far is just below that of the last 2 weeks of March. The first 6 days failed to go above 5C, but for the third weekend in a row, Saturday was a nice day with 9.5C.

It has been mostly dry as well. Only 1.6mm has fallen in the past 2 weeks. A 5 hour period early yesterday morning accounted for 1.2mm of that, most of it falling as snow. Isolated showers passed through Central Finland on April 3 also, but Jyväskylä avoided any significant falls.

Isolated showers around Jyväskylä on April 3

Weakened Jyväsjärvi ice on April 3

Sydney Airport saw its lowest daily maximum of the year so far yesterday. It only got to 21.3C in the late morning. It was also the lowest daily maximum since November 26. Today's low of 16.6C is the lowest in almost 3 weeks as well. Southerly winds have been dominant since the start of the weekend. Saturday saw a gust of 70km/h, the strongest in a week and a half.

Wet weather has continued with showers accompanying the cooler temperatures. In addition to the low daily maximum yesterday, it was also the 4th wettest day of the year. A total of 19.6mm was recorded, most of it falling during the afternoon. Including today, only 1 day of the past 18 has been without rain.